Rebel Wilson Dishes to Cosmo on Her Hilarious New Sitcom Super Fun Night

Your fave Pitch Perfect star is back in action! Cosmo spoke to Rebel Wilson about her upcoming sitcom Super Fun Night, and her own nights out with the Pitch Perfect crew. Plus, Rebel gives Cosmo readers her personal guide to having a kickass night!

By
Kyle Buchanan

Aug 07, 2013

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Any night out would be improved by the presence of Pitch Perfect's breakout star Rebel Wilson, but this fall, you'll be able to enjoy her on your nights in too. The Australian comedian created the ABC sitcom Super Fun Night, where she stars as Kimmie, a bubbly lawyer whose attempts to go out on the town usually end in disaster. She sat down for a (disaster-free!) brunch with Cosmo to discuss her hilarious Hollywood confessions and what her own super fun nights are like.

Cosmo: Lots of embarrassing things happen to your character on the show. Are any of them inspired by real-life events?

Rebel: Oh my god, yeah. I'll often use my real stuff in my writing because it comes across as more authentic. There's a scene where my dress rips, and something like that happened when I first came to America. I got set up on a lunch with Jason Segel. He was the first Hollywood person that I got to have lunch with and chat about life with or whatever. So I thought, I'll try to look my best, and I wore my best leather jacket. When I sat down, a sharp edge on the chair snagged my jacket, and it just ripped. I was devastated but trying to hide it because I didn't want to ruin the lunch. I'm always ripping clothing. It's so embarrassing.

Cosmo: Any other real moments we'll see in the show?

Rebel: In the pilot, my character gets invited to drinks, but she can't get into the club—that happened to me recently at Skybar. Anna Kendrick was having her birthday party there, and it was a fancy place. So I get there with Hana Mae Lee from Pitch Perfect, and I've got a birthday gift so I'm clearly going to the party, and this big huge bouncer wouldn't even look us in the face. We were like, "Hi"…and then two models came and he let them in.

Cosmo: Did you pull the "Do you know who I am" card?

Rebel: I didn't pull the Reese Witherspoon [laughs]. He had a list, and I said, "Excuse me, we're on the list. We're here for Anna Kendrick's birthday party." And then, eventually, he's like "Okay, what's your name?"

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Cosmo: Which girlfriends do you go out with?

Rebel: The Pitch Perfect cast is like a big gang. We might start out with 5 of us, but then because there are, like, 30 of us in the cast, it'll somehow become a big group. Elizabeth Banks had a party the other week, and suddenly, the whole gang was there.

Cosmo: Do people freak when they see the whole cast together?

Rebel: We find people like to take photos of us. But also, we like to take photos of us [laughs].

Cosmo: Do you feel like you have a certain role in your group of friends when you go out?

Rebel: I'm more of the girl who's always in the friend zone, and I try to help if my other friend wants to get with someone. I can be a bit cheeky and say stuff that embarrasses my friends, but I'm normally the girl who guys like to be friends with, so I become friendly with the guy and then go, "Oh, this is my other friend."

Cosmo: When you're with friends at a bar or a party, how do you approach guys you like?

Rebel: My character on the show and her friends are kind of dorky and socially awkward. And even though, yes, now I am in movies or whatever, I am still that girl. People think you're really confident because you're an actress or whatever, but I'm like the worst. Although the good thing about being recognizable is that people approach me, which is good. Also, I watch that show Millionaire Matchmaker, and they say the girls should never approach the guys.

Cosmo:So do you take a lot of your social cues from Millionaire Matchmaker?

Rebel: Yes, yeah [laughs]. Because in America things are a bit different, culturally. The way American girls describe it, it's all about who should pay and it's all about rules here. [Dating] is such a formal thing in Los Angeles. I don't even know all the rules.

Cosmo: How will you balance writing, producing, and starring in Super Fun Night?

Rebel: I just hired Lena Dunham's assistant [laughs]. I've never had an assistant before! My showrunner is from 30 Rock, and he said Tina Fey would shoot all day, finish at 6 or 7 p.m., and then go into the writer's room for a few hours. I'm trying to get physically fit so I'll have the stamina. I got a personal trainer. I'm not doing it to look great or whatever but to have the energy to do all that work. People wouldn't think it looking at me, but I can exercise!

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Cosmo: So where does Pitch Perfect 2 fit in?

Rebel: That will be early next year, probably. They're being secretive about the story line. I had pitched my own story line where the Bellas go to an international a cappella competition, but we keep hearing rumors about what it's gonna be.

Cosmo: It doesn't sound like you'll have a lot of time to go out while you're working on your show.

Rebel: I'm trying to implement a rule where I don't work on weekends. I get why other people in the industry crack—the workload is intense. But I feel like you have to have a social life. Otherwise, I'll wake up and be 40 and be like "Why am I alone?"

REBEL'S SUPER FUN NIGHT GUIDE

ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUPER FUN

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Bedazzling. Anyone can jazz up a sweatshirt. Try wine glasses. Or a TV remote.

Taking every Cosmo quiz from 1995 to 2004. I've done the research—that's the sweet spot for multiple-choice self-exploration.

ALSO: Have a fully sick gangsta playlist ready for when you're cruising the streets and need to pump out some hard-core tunes or when you wanna dance all loose—for example, Kanye, Nelly, Eminem, Jay-Z.

ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT FUN

Trying on bikinis at a shopping mall

Entering novice fight tournaments. If you get punched in the face, you'll instantly see why this is not fun.

Eating at the unlicensed burrito truck. As a rule, carefully vet all street-meat options ahead of time.

Going out to anyplace you think you won't get in. Exclusivity and/or overcrowding is not Super Fun. You don't want to go there anyway. Stuff them!

THINGS NOT TO WEAR

Shoes that give you blisters/are hard to walk in.

Bras that poke you.

Skirts that are so short, they resemble belts are not worth the sluttiness.